Delicious Nutritious Bean Brownies!!!

Have you ever heard of the fabled Black Bean Brownie?  The original recipe I heard of was published in a Weight Watchers cookbook to give dieters a lower calorie version of their favorite treat while staying on their WW program. There are many different variations out there on the internet and I tested and tweaked many to come up with this tasty and healthy recipe. My recipe contains no refined flour and thus it is a delicious gluten free treat you can give to your GF friends! This is one of my favorite treats when I am trying to "be good" on my diet. :)

Moist and chocolatey. The texture of these brownies are more cakey rather than gooey/chewy since I use very little butter to keep the calories low and beans instead of flour. Yum yum! :)

 Chocolate Bean Brownies aka Beanies!

Preheat Oven to 350*F. Butter an 8X8"baking pan and set aside.

In a blender, (or using a hand blender) blend the following ingredients:

1 (15oz.) can no salt added Red kidney beans, rinsed and drained *
3 eggs
1/4 c melted butter
2 tsp Vanilla extract
3/4 c raw sugar (Sucanat or Sugar in the Raw, etc.)
1/4 c semisweet chocolate chips (I use minis), melted
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 tsp baking powder

Once mixture is blended well, pour the batter into a large mixing bowl and whisk in:

1/2 c high quality cocoa powder

Mix until batter is thick and there are no lumps of cocoa powder remaining.

Stir in:

1/4 cup miniature chocolate chips (yes another 1/4 cup... this makes yummy little mini chocolate bites in your brownies)


Pour batter into prepared 8X8" baking pan and bake at 350*F for 25 minutes. Knife inserted in center will come out moist but clean.

Let cool to room temperature before eating. These are best when they are refrigerated for a few hours or overnight to let the chocolate flavor develop. Beanies are best kept refrigerated and they will stay good for a week or longer (if you can stop yourself from eating them all in one day... haha).


Makes approximately 16 large beanies.

Enjoy!!  <3

* I have tried this recipe with numerous different kinds of beans and it comes out good every time with no noticeable change in flavor or texture

** Another note about these brownies. They will become very moist when refrigerated and have a slight wetness to the top. This is normal.

Flavor Variations:

Chocolate orange flavor - Add in 1 tsp orange extract, 1 TBL Orange zest, and juice of half an orange to batter before baking.

More flavor variations to come!!


Nutrition per serving 
150 calories
6 g fat
4 g protein